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The committee on rules for filing under the rule. The speaker pro tempore the clerk will report the title. The clerk report to accompany House Resolution 543, resolution providing for consideration of the bill h. R. 2824, to amend title 5 of the Social Security act to extend the maternal, infant and Early Childhood program. Providing for consideration of h. 2072 to limit payment of benefits to fugitive felons under titles 2, and 16 of the Social Security act and for other purposes. The speaker pro tempore referred to the house calendar anded ored printed. Proceedings will resume on motions to suspend the rules priestly postponed. Votes listen taken in the following order, h. R. 3823 by the yeas and nays and h. R. 2061 by the yeas and nays. The first electronic ....
All of this event online at cspan. Org. Search tax reform. The house coming in next at later hour because house members have been working, republicans, on their tax package. Well take you live to the house floor on cspan. The house will in order. The prayer will be offered by the guest chaplain, pastor dennis jokela, chaplain, kalamazoo county sheriffs department, kalamazoo, michigan. Pastor jokela please join me for prayer. Father god, we are grateful to be able to come into your presence in a free country such as ours. I ask that you bless this great nation. I ask you to pour out your wisdom and revelation now within the sound of my royce. I ask you to let your glory shine like the light eminating from this place, filling our entire country. I speak unification of our country in its original cando american spirit. I speak life into those dying places, for those places that are in need of your restoration power, i ask that you pour it out on them. I ask that you bless these proceeding ....
Under reconciliation rules. U. S. Overage now of the house on cspan. House on cspan. Nnounces to the house his approval ereof. Pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1 the journal stands approved. The pledge of allegiance will be led by the gentleman from assachusetts, mr. Kennedy. Mr. Kennedy i pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. The speaker without objection, the gentleman from louisiana, mr. Graves, is recognized for one minute. Mr. Graves thank you, mr. Speaker. I rise today to give tribute to pastor kevin mckee who opened the prayer this morning this this chamber. Kevin and his wife have been amazing pillars in our community as we have been through extraordinary associated with hurricanes katrina, rita, gustav, isaac, a 1,000 year flood last associated year, wor spill in the nations history. Incredible ....
Are rich and can hire fancy accountants and lawyers and lobbyists to help create special tax statuses. Im talking about americans dependent on Government Programs many im not talking about disability or Social Security or medicare, programs they made into. Im talking about programs that assist antipoverty programs. Something else we should talk about again. Some are not working in terms of helping people escape poverty. Im talking about people who work and make just enough not to qualify for any of that stuff but not enough to afford the cost of living. Not just them. You add to that the cost of raising children. Its more expensive to raise children more than ever. There is nothing we can do in tax reform by itself that solves all of those problems, but there is no way we can do tax reform without addressing the millions of americans who feel every time there is a debat ....
But the do nothing approach of the past, recent past will not work. We cant let them stop us because hardworking families are waiting. Theyre waiting on us to quit stuffing our own pockets and start putting money back into theirs. Mr. President , i yield the floor. Its note the absence of a quorum. The presiding officer the clerk will call the roll. Quorum call mr. Mcconnell mr. President. The presiding officer the majority leader. Mr. Mcconnell i ask consent that further proceedings under the quorum call be dispensed with. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Mcconnell i ask unanimous consent that notwithstanding rule 22 at 3 45 p. M. Today there be 20 minutes of postcloture remaining on the robb nomination equally divided between the leaders or designees and following that the senate vote on the confirmation of the robb nomination. If confirmed, the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table and the president be immediately notified of the senates action ....